In Estonia, the debate over the fate of Russian citizens' voting rights is heating up as the government considers restricting their participation in local elections. This policy shift emerges in response to Russia's ongoing military aggression against Ukraine. The United Nations has branded Russia an aggressor state, and the Estonian Ministry of Justice is now…
While the presidential election process has not yet found any candidate from the political parties, be it current incumbent Kersti Kaljulaid or anyone else, the official residence of the head of state, in Kadriorg, east of Tallinn city center, is to be extensively redesigned, following a tender award to an architectural office estimated at €16.8 million.
The opposition to the extension of the Estonian National Opera and the Tartu Center City Culture Center has raised questions about the place of culture in a modern city.
At the beginning of last week, the Riigikogu s culture committee announced the list of cultural objects of national importance, the construction of which could be supported by the Cultural Endowment. The four chosen projects were Tartu Center City Culture Center, Narva Kreenholm Culture Quarter Manufaktuur , Arvo Pärt s Music House and annex of the Estonian National Opera, ETV weekly news show AK.Nädal reported on Sunday.
There are theaters, cinemas, galleries, museums and libraries in the Tallinn City Center. But when was the last time, a new culture building with modern solutions was built in the city center?